U.S. model and social influencer Meredith Mickelson, Talia Asseraf (“Muti”), and Egypt’s Enjy Kiwan (“Crazy About You”) have joined Olga Kurylenko and Harvey Keitel in the cast of action thriller “Paradox Effect,” directed by Scott Weintrob, which has started shooting in Italy.

Weintrob is an Emmy-nominated director and producer whose credits include Apple TV+’s “Home,” Netflix’s “Fastest Car” and Rihanna’s “Savage x Fenty” for Prime Video.

In “Paradox Effect,” an innocent woman (Kurylenko) is forced to confront a dangerous kingpin (Keitel) who has kidnapped her young daughter, played by Alice Gerloff, and is holding her for ransom. The women team up with a corrupt Interpol agent, played by Oliver Trevena (“The Plane”), whose son is also being held hostage. Together they scheme to rip off various other criminals in order to raise the ransom to save their offspring. But they then wind up having one...